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Police, Feb. 14

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Hazleton police reported the following incidents. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 570-459-4940 or 911.

- A male reported his iPhone 5S stolen from a home in the 500 block of North Vine Street during a small family gathering Tuesday evening.

- A black Galaxy 2 cellphone was stolen from a locker in the men's locker room at the YMCA, 75 S. Church St. The theft was reported Wednesday at about 8:53 p.m.

State police reports

State police at Hazleton reported the following. Anyone with information on the incidents is asked to contact police at 570-459-3890.

- Someone forced open the front door to Richard L. Ladner's house trailer at 118 Red Maple Lane, Foster Township, between midnight and 6 a.m. Monday. Those involved took a 48-inch television and then fled.

- Megan A. Leechak, 25, Sugarloaf, was charged with theft and receiving stolen property for allegedly stealing three bottle pump jacks and a belt sander from the home of Edward Leechak at 150 Crista Lane, Hazle Township. The items were taken between 6:20 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and then scrapped for $4.38.

- Bradley N. Contress, 20, Hazleton, was banned from Wal-Mart, Hazle Township, due to previous incidents when he was caught attempting to leave the store Monday with several items in a cart. Store loss prevention workers stopped him and he abandoned the cart in the parking lot and fled the area. Contress will be charged with retail theft and criminal trespass.

- Anna M. Duna, McAdoo, was driving west on state Route 940 in the area of Smith Drive in Hazle Township when she lost control of her vehicle on the snow-covered road while negotiating a curve at about 3:40 p.m. Sunday. Her vehicle slid into the eastbound lane and hit a vehicle driven by Jean A. Paulshock, Freeland. No injuries were reported. Paulshock's vehicle was towed. Hazle Township Fire and Rescue assisted.

- Diane E. McAfee, Zion Grove, was driving east on Nuremberg Mountain Road at about 11:45 a.m. Feb. 7 when she lost control of her vehicle on an icy patch and it overturned, landing on its roof. McAfee, who sustained minor injuries, was freed by Nuremberg/Weston Fire Company personnel.

Tractor-trailer crashes on I-80

James A. Simmons, 53, of St. Louis was driving a tractor-trailer west on Interstate 80 in Black Creek Township at about 11:40 a.m. Monday when the rig began to slide on the road, state police at Hazleton said.

Simmons was unable to control the vehicle, which contained 12 empty containers of phosphorus pentasulfide, and it ran off the road, hitting a guide rail with the passenger side, then jackknifed and hit the guide rail again, this time on the driver's side, police said.

One empty container of phosphorus pentasulfide became dislodged in the crash and fell onto the road, blocking the right travel lane, police said.

Simmons, who sustained a wrist injury, was cited for driving too fast for conditions, police said.

The rig was towed.

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